Knowledge & Innovation Session for the Southern Regions, in partnership with Nedbank
Labserve's Knowledge & Innovation Session for the Southern Regions was held on Thursday 1 October 2026 at Labserve Stellenbosch. A very big thank you to everyone who invested their time to attend, and to Nedbank for partnering with us to make this event a huge success.
Speakers and topics were:
Larne Auerswald - Labserve (Emerging technologies, data trends, and applied research in agriculture)
Barry Christie - Green Farms Nut Company (Managing attitudes and pests: lessons from the macadamia industry)
Tom Murray - Woolworths Produce & Horticulture (Navigating pesticide usage in SA)
Dr. Pieter Raath - CRI / Labserve (Soil focussed practices to enhance citrus young tree development: observations from a trial)
Vivian White - Vinpro (What happens to applied potassium: a look at how landscape, geology and soil type should guide our K nutrition strategies)
Industry experts shared valuable insights and practical initiatives aimed at driving science-based agricultural excellence. Each topic had a presentation followed by an open discussion.
Please feel free to download the presentations below:
